Audience Screen - Your Methods?

[Ben Martin]

In the past, the IRI has used equipment loaned from Cyber Blue's high school. The core component is a ~20 year-old video switcher with four video inputs. This is the sort of equipment the school used years ago for filming the school news, but it still works great for robotics events. Beyond that, we used anywhere from 3-5 TV's, 3-4 cameras, a ton of RCA/BNC/Coaxial cable, and a powered video output box for sending the feed to different sources (webcast, projector screen, pits, NASA TV for a couple of years, etc). We also used headsets for communication between camera operators and the switcher operator.

[Scott L.]

I have used a tricaster ($9,000), 300+ ft. coax, 3 server grade computers for encoding, recording, music, web pages, etc. A XL-1s camera, 24-port network switch, 8-port kvm switch, scan converter, programmable channel modulator, 24-input audio mixer,various lengths of network, rca, 1/8", xlr, bnc, firewire, usb cables, xlr mics, 35 mile walkie talkies with throat mics(pickup direct vibration from throat and spine 90% noice reduction), DVD recorder, camera tripod, mic stands, wireless access points, vpn router, custom built 12U mobile server cabinet, etc. ~$25,000 of equipment.